SOUTH KOREA, THE UNKNOWN CIVILIZATION

Sublime escapes

An episode from the series FLAVORS

Synopsis

The country was one of the poorest in the world at the end of the tragic 1953 war, yet South Korea has enjoyed incredible growth since then and now ranks among the world's major economic powers. Urban design is a striking illustration of this dynamism.

Yet, behind modern Seoul lies another Korea, once known as "the Land of the Calm Morning", where Buddhist temples awake to the light of lanterns and tea plantations and rice fields ooze serenity.

Welcome to a lesser-known Korea full of natural wonders and heir to a millennium-old civilization.